Shapiro’s ‘Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy’ – includes wonderful case examples of the AIP model.View/Buy at Amazon

Recommended reading:

Royle & Kerr’s ‘Integrating EMDR Into Your Practice: Getting the Basics Right ‘ – well received addition to the field of EMDR Therapy. This book answers the questions which come up for therapists when they lack the knowledge they feel they need or are stuck about what to do next.

Forgash & Copeley’s (eds) ‘Healing the Heart of Trauma and Dissociation with EMDR and Ego State Therapy’ – experts in the field of using ego state therapy within the EMDR Therapy framework, share their knowledge and skills in this highly acclaimed book now translated into several languages.

Bergmann’s ‘Neurobiological Foundations for EMDR Practice’ – this book explains all aspects of our neurobiological responses to life events from the simple synapse to ictal activity occurring with state switches in clients with complex presentations.

Lovett’s ‘Trauma-Attachment Tangle: Modifying EMDR to Help Children Resolve Trauma and Develop Loving Relationships’ – up to date book considering the impact of trauma on attachment and how to address it with EMDR Therapy. A highly regarded publication.

Shapiro et al’s ‘Handbook of EMDR and Family Therapy Processes’ – experts in the field come together to deliver this comprehensive text on how to use EMDR Therapy in a wide range of family circumstances.

Recommended Reading:

Perry’s ‘The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories’ – wonderful accounts of challenging cases from Dr Perry’s casebook. When read with Shapiro’s AIP model in mind these are wonderful examples of how early life traumas lead to significant presenting difficulties.

Van Der Kolk et al’s ‘Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society’ – a must read for those wanting to further their understanding of psychological trauma. The expert authors explain the field in a very readable way.

Levine’s ‘Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma – The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences’ – a superb book which I couldn’t put down. This gives a great understanding of trauma and our neurobiological responses.

Watkins & Watkins’ ‘Ego States: Theory and Therapy’ – a wonderful text initially explaining the psychodynaic theory and then giving superb case transcripts of working with parts of the personality. This book set me on my way to developing my expertise in working with ego states.

Forgash & Copeley’s (eds) ‘Healing the Heart of Trauma and Dissociation with EMDR and Ego State Therapy’ – experts in the field of using ego state therapy within the EMDR Therapy framework, share their knowledge and skills in this highly acclaimed book now translated into several languages.